A high school basketball commentator has bizarrely blamed a sugar spike for his racist calls towards a girls team who knelt for the United States national anthem.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred ahead of Norman High School's game against Midwest City, when the commentator, Matt Rowan, was heard making racist comments on the live stream.<\/p>\n
"They're kneeling? F—ing n—-rs," Rowan said on the stream.<\/p>\n
"I hope Norman gets their ass kicked. F–k them. I hope they lose. C'mon Midwest City. They're gonna kneel like that? Hell no."<\/p>\n
After initially denying that he made the comments, Rowan came clean in a bizarre statement, where he also revealed that he suffers from Type 1 diabetes.<\/p>\n
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"I will state that I suffer Type 1 diabetes and during the game my sugar was spiking," the statement read in part.<\/p>\n
"While not excusing my remarks it is not unusual when my sugar spikes that I become disorientated and often say things that are not appropriate as well as hurtful.<\/p>\n
"I do not believe that I would have made such horrible statements absent my sugar spiking."<\/p>\n
Rowan's statement immediately raised eyebrows and was widely slammed on social media, with WNBA star A'ja Wilson also tweeting her reaction.<\/p>\n
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